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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 14, 19H.

1,249,535. Patented Dec.11,1917.

INVENTOR.

screen i Copies of this patent may be obtained for 1 rnn STATES PATIENT orrion THOMAS OCTAVE MURDOCK SOPWITH, F KINGSTON-ON-THAMES, ENGLAND.

WIND-SCREEN FOR USE WITH AIRCRAFT-GUNS.

To all whom itmay concern:

I Be it known that I, THOMAS OCTAVE MUR- noon SOPWITH, commonly known as THOMAS SoPWITH, a subject of the King of Great 6 Britain and Ireland, residing at Canbury Park Road, Kingston-on-Thames, in the county of Surrey, England, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Wind- Screen for Use with Aircraft-Guns, of which the following is a specification. i This invention relates to an improved wind screen for use withguns employed on aeroplanes and other aircraft, and it has for its object to provide a suitable rest for the head of the person operating the gun and p to provide a cushion aroundthe screen so \as to minimize accidental damage to the gunnor by impact or concussion with the screen either in' case he becomes unconscious or from shock arising from too rapid a landing. Iattain these ends by providing on the backof'the frame of the screen a pad or [cushion which preferably takes the shape of said frame and entirely covers same, but this is notrobligatory.

Inthe accompanying drawing which illustrates this invention:

Figure 1 is aview in side elevation showing the improved screen fitted to a gun, and Fig. 2 is a view in frontelevation of the In both views similarparts are marked X with like letters of reference.

" The improved screen comprises a D- or .othersuitably shaped frame a which carries fa pane of glass or other like and suitable material and a pad or cushion b on the rear r-orback of the frame a. The screen .isat-' tached to the gun by. means of lugs c which are. carried by the framea either directly, or

indirectly as shown in the accompanying drawlng by means of horizontal cross barsa and vertical cross bars c said lugs being fixed by means of bolts or screws to suitable 5:

brackets d 0? carried by the gun, which is shown in dot-and-dash lines in Fig. 1.

, The pad or cushion b may be stuffed with any suitable material such as kapok, or said Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 11, 191'? Application filed August 14, 1917. Serial No. 186,232.

packing or padding may take the form of a pneumatic tube.

It will be seen that the pad or cushion carried by the screen forms a convenient rest for the head of the gunner when sighting or firing the gun and that it also forms a protection from concussion by accidental contact with the screen.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a wind screen for aircraft guns, the combination of a frame adapted to be mounted on the back of the gun, a glazed transparent panel carried by said frame, and a pad or cushion mounted on the back. of said frame.

2. In a wind screen for aircraft guns, the combination of a frame, a pane of glass or the like mounted in said frame, a pad or cushion mounted on said frame, and means for attaching said frame to the gun.

3. In a wind screen for aircraft guns, the

combination of a D-shaped frame, a glazed panel carried by said frame, a pad or cushion mounted on and covering the back of said frame, and means for mounting said frame on the gun.

. 4. The combination with a gun employed on aeroplanes and other aircraft, of a wind screen the face of which through which the gunner looks being provided with a pad or cushion, as set forth.

5. The combination with a gun for aeroplanes and other aircraft, of a frame adapted to be fixed 0n the gun, a glazed panel carried by said frame, a pad or cushion mounted on said frame, and means for attaching said frame to the gun.

6. In a wind screen for aircraft guns the combination of a frame a glazed with glass or other suitable transparent material, a pad or cushion b on the rear ofsaid frame, lugs c on the front of said frame, and abracket 65 mounted on the gun and adapted to receive the lugs c.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name.

THOMAS OGTAVE MURDOCK SOPWI'IH.

five cents each,by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

